Taxation no Tyranny; an answer to the resolutions and address of the Aemrican Congress – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Taxation no Tyranny; an answer to the resolutions and address of the Aemrican Congress, preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Taxation no Tyranny; an answer to the resolutions and address of the Aemrican Congress
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The title on this 1775 item points to a sharp London reply to the colonies' protest against British taxation. "Taxation no Tyranny" was the name Samuel Johnson gave his pamphlet, which answered the resolutions and address adopted by the Continental Congress in 1774. The argument was that Parliament had every right to tax the American colonies, and that calling such taxes tyranny was a misuse of the word. The exchange unfolded just before fighting began at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, so the piece captures the political debate that came before the war. Its partisan tone makes it a useful window onto how Britons on the government side saw the crisis.
| Medium | 1 print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1775 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 795 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127172 |
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